Voters must get rid of incumbents

My inquisitive nature finds it interesting to find out just how many voters will elect these same "representatives" supposedly looking out for our welfare.

I ask this question as it is clear to me and several of those I speak with around town that there was a time that Americans may have thought most politicians had private agendas more valuable to them then we the people, but felt like they at least tried to pretend they were doing their best for us. Now though, they have become so arrogant in these seats of power they get right in our faces and don't care what we think of what they do. This attitude shows the truth in the old saying, "Absolute power will corrupt absolutely."

We don't have to read that bill to make it the law of the land. We will shove it down your throughts and by the way we will exempt ourselves from it. We will allow huge bonuses for screw-up political hacks, but will furlough doctors and nurses from taking care of thoss kids we sent overseas to get wounded and mamed. We think Americans are dumb enough - and maybe we are - to believe that both sides of the aisle think it's a good thing to spy on all Americans for their own good. We think its OK to create an atmosphere in this country, this country where people are now afriad to say out loud that they don't like or agree with those in power. We think it's OK for a powerful government agency that can ruin your life with a phone call to intimidate for political reasons. We think it's OK to preach sacrifice while we spend telephone numbers on snacks and meals in the finest restaurants.

Washington is broken folks, broken before these men and women who were going to fix it came along, and - perhaps worse - now sense that they don't care what we think. We need a clean sweep. Then again we may just not care, or we are too dumb to get off our butts and do what we were given the privilege to do.

Leonard Greer

HOPATCONG

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Voters must get rid of incumbents

My inquisitive nature finds it interesting to find out just how many voters will elect these same 'representatives' supposedly looking out for our welfare.

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